Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Information Assurance
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 - £667
% change year-on-year - - +0.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

Information Assurance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 135 103 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.91% 69.13% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 68 122
10th Percentile £170 £200 £254
25th Percentile £231 £350 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £416 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.12% -20.71% +2.44%
75th Percentile £559 £588 £614
90th Percentile £708 £641 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £551 £536
% change year-on-year -4.63% +2.66% +2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 6
10th Percentile £22.50 - £24.13
25th Percentile £26.25 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £44.25 - £29.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +63.82%
75th Percentile £72.63 - £34.31
90th Percentile £78.85 - £36.63
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £65.85 £52.50
% change year-on-year -68.55% +25.43% +16.67%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Assurance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Southampton

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Information Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Information Assurance

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Security Specialist
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 5 (100.00%) ISMS
2 4 (80.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001